Schwag

Pet owners can request free pet emergence rescue stickers from the Animal Rescue Foundation. These stickers help emergency responders know that you have animals inside that need rescue, such as in the event of a fire.

Here is an offer for free stickers from the Rainforest Alliance. Right now, there are two stickers to choose from.

Here is another offer for free stickers from the folks at Credo Action. You can order one free "Yes We Cannabis" sticker in the TaxCannabis.org campaign.

Here is an offer for free 2010 Women's Health calendars from the US Department of Health and Human Services. These free 2010 calendars are available in both English and Spanish. Please be aware that the free calendars may not ship until late in 2009.

The Drug Policy Alliance has free stickers for "Make Marijuana Legal" if you want to spread the word about out-dated and ineffective drug laws. You can order one free sticker per household.

You can get a free 2010 calendar from The New Yorker magazine. This free calendar offer is good until October 31, 2009 or until supplies run out.

I've waited for quite a while before putting up this post about SwagBucks. This isn't the normal free stuff I post about here, but I think a lot of you might want to participate. This is a no-scam rewards system called SwagBucks. Basically, you sign up and then get occasional rewards of SwagBucks for using the SB search engine. You can then collect these points and use them in the SwagBucks store to get prizes. The best (to me) are the $5 Amazon vouchers, which you can get with only 45 SB (which for me, takes just a few searches a day for about 10 days or so). There are tons of other rewards available.

The best thing here is that you don't have to do anything different other than use the SwagBucks search engine. You will generally earn 2-4 SB a day through searches, and you don't have to do anything else. I've also installed the toolbar, which will once a day or so have a code which gives you extra SB. The process is simple, and after watching it for many months, I think it is really safe and scam-free. Sign up at the link above to get started, and then just search a few times a day to earn your swag bucks. Pretty soon you will earn enough for some of the rewards.

UPDATE: I thought I'd add some tips I've learned in taking part in SwagBucks:

First, get the toolbar, there are frequent bonus codes (about once a day) that are only available in the toolbar. These codes will appear in the "From TSG" button. If there is a message, it is probably telling you about a new code. These codes are only good for a short time, a few hours at most. To redeem, go to the home page and enter it where it says "Enter a Swag Code."

Second, read the SwagBucks blog for updates, there are tips and bonus codes as well (the blog is linked from the main page).

Third, you can only get SBs for search once per hour or so, so don't expect to win SBs one after another.

Fourth, you can win SBs on the main search page or any of the subpages available through the Shop & Earn section.

If you sign up for this free calendar by September 15, 2009, you will get a free 2010 Wildlife calendar from Wildlife Forever. You must sign up by Sept 15 to get this free calendar.